The passionate acquisitiveness of learning and knowledge of early Islam was responsible for the development of a great architectural and artistic culture. Much of the artistic and architectural styles considered “Islamic” were developed early in the history of the Islamic civilization.
The largest and usually the most recognizable of Islamic cultural creations are its mosques. The word mosque is derived from the Arab word masjid meaning “a place where one prostrates one’s self.”
Please feel free to add pictures and captions of early Islamic mosques or other architecture.
The Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey (completed 1616 C.E.)
The passionate acquisitiveness of learning and knowledge of early Islam was responsible for the development of a great architectural and artistic culture. Much of the artistic and architectural styles considered “Islamic” were developed early in the history of the Islamic civilization.
The largest and usually the most recognizable of Islamic cultural creations are its mosques. The word mosque is derived from the Arab word masjid meaning “a place where one prostrates one’s self.”
Please feel free to add pictures and captions of early Islamic mosques or other architecture.
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